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a kennedy

(31,930 posts)
Sun Nov 17, 2019, 11:38 AM Nov 2019

Is 8.1 to download and 5.7 to upload slow speeds????

I am having a hell of a time loading dang near anything on my iPad today.......so I did a check from our provider at how fast is to download and upload and these are the numbers......it seems so damn long. Help.....

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Is 8.1 to download and 5.7 to upload slow speeds???? (Original Post) a kennedy Nov 2019 OP
I just did a speed test on my iPad mitch96 Nov 2019 #1
I was having a problem on my iphone Lulu KC Nov 2019 #2
Depends on what you're paying for! CloudWatcher Nov 2019 #3
That is incredibly slow. nt Dr Hobbitstein Nov 2019 #4
Depends where you live :/ CloudWatcher Nov 2019 #5
Ouch. nt Dr Hobbitstein Nov 2019 #6

mitch96

(14,606 posts)
1. I just did a speed test on my iPad
Sun Nov 17, 2019, 11:51 AM
Nov 2019

Version 13.1.3 I did not get a time but MP/sec.. 41.6 down load and 20.6 up. Hope this helps.
I did not like the fact that I could not charge the battery unless I down loaded the new version of software.. Kind of holding you hostage to their whims... fuckers..
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Lulu KC

(3,985 posts)
2. I was having a problem on my iphone
Sun Nov 17, 2019, 12:04 PM
Nov 2019

until I downloaded an update on Friday. Like, it was timing out--couldn't even open the app store to do the download until I was able to plug it into my laptop using wifi.

CloudWatcher

(1,922 posts)
3. Depends on what you're paying for!
Sun Nov 17, 2019, 01:10 PM
Nov 2019

The bill from your ISP should have expected download and upload speeds based on how much you pay them. E.g. I'm paying for DSL with 20 down and 2 up, but they also have a cheaper rate for 10 down and 1 up.

One thing to be aware of is that speedtest.net adds up the speeds from several concurrent downloads (or uploads) and gives you the total speed as computed. It doesn't (by default) time a single upload or download (there's a small button that can select this).

If you have any number of dropped packets, this multiple-stream way of measuring can hide problems.

And remember of course that slowness might not be the fault of your ISP. There's the local environment (noisy WiFi) and the internet backbones and the remote server you're using. Slowness can come in almost anywhere

CloudWatcher

(1,922 posts)
5. Depends where you live :/
Sun Nov 17, 2019, 02:40 PM
Nov 2019

I live out in the sticks ... until recently I was lucky to get 5mbps from the local ISP. The only other option was geo-sync satellite with its enormous latencies and tiny bandwidth caps.

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